B&W photo, circa 1898. Murphy J. Foster. Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900. Image taken from "The Convention of '98: A Complete Work on the Greatest Political Event in Louisiana's History." Baton Rouge, La.

'Murphy J. Foster began serving as governor in 1892 and was re-elected in 1896. As in the previous image of his inauguration, Baton Rougeans took advantage of this public ceremony to celebrate' – Mark E. Martin, in Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge:...